Breakfast Sausage: 5 stories to read today

Published by Moriah Balingit on Monday, 26 August 2013 10:18 am.

Good morning, Early Returners. Yesterday marked the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech." Three years later, he spoke to a group of students at the University of Pittsburgh (pictured above). Read more about that in the Digs.

1. Here's a warm and fuzzy story for back to school. Read Jonathan Silver and Paula Reed Ward's takout on PA Cyber Charter School founder Nick Trombetta, indicted Friday for using the school to enrich himself, family members and associates. And here's a must-read profile of PA Cyber Charter, an institution credited with reinvigorating the town Midland.

2. At least nine school districts in Allegheny County are in the midst of contract negotiations with teachers' unions, with some threatening to strike, reports Bill Schackner.

3. Diana Nelson Jones has an update on the ongoing conflict between the city of Pittsburgh's zoning board and former Steeler Chukky Okobi.

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